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Teaching beyond post-modernism in a digitalised society: Opinion
The rapid and exponential growth of the internet over the past 40 years has changed the nature of society. Indeed, at the end of the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the internet is our defining medium. This has implications for student learning and, consequently, teacher pedagogy.
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I sent this to a few teachers I know, but they didn’t want to get involved with it. Too difficult to read they said. I believe you are onto something. Do you think this trend is irreversible? Is this really the beginings of another modernity? Don’t you think young students can be equally at home as a modernist and a post-modernist?
I’d like to hear what other readers think.
Hi, I don’t think the trend is irreversible. However, outstanding students will need to be in a position to have
managed their interaction with the internet from an early age. Others, older students will need a thoughtful
and managed changed-behaviour program well before Year 12.
Also, the workplace will demand higher standards of conduct that many many will struggle to adapt to.